We’ve never run a member drive during Pride month before, but here we are, trying it! This June, we’d love to leave rainbow capitalism to the heterosexuals and focus on investing in our community year-round.
I had just come back from Yosemite days earlier, and realized that the only time I’m able to truly be myself, to be comfortable and authentic, is when I’m in the forest, or on a mountain, or somewhere else completely alone.
We’re bringing back our Queer IRL reader photo gallery for Pride 2021 and we’d like to feature your face in it!
“Snail4snail seems to be a very good match, I can say.”
Are there certain stereotypes and expectations in the queer community that keep you from feeling valid? Babe this is for you.
“Would absolutely watch this movie directed by Celine Sciamma.”
“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind of heat.”
“As a Texan, I’m here to tell you: you can fry ANYTHING.”
“The last quiz revealed I am Anne Lister’s boots. Now my gender is ‘a tiny piece of arugula stuck between Tilda Swinton’s teeth.’ I can see where this is coming from but I am starting to feel slightly concerned.”
“Just surround yourself with dogs and keep chanting, ‘I was a lesbian in 1974.'”
“Does Girls Out of Hell describe the women I read about or me who intrigue me, live in my head rent free, and continuously pull me in like a moth to flame? Hell yeah!”
“I took the quiz twice and got Mr. Rogers’s sneakers and Anne Lister’s boots, which is the best (most aspirational) compliment I’ve ever gotten.”
This series will offer real, practical knowledge to readers who are living through the pandemic’s aftershock. Deadline for submissions is May 7!
“I definitely played rugby with the 2004 version of the Hey Mamas lesbians.”
“Has there ever been anything so relatable on this site?”
“60. Beeperton”
“…To get some bread…for toast.”
Here’s what I’m looking for: Short stories, 5,000 words or less. You, the author, must identify as trans. If you think you are trans, you are trans.
“I’m not picking raptor! I know what will happen if I pick raptor!”
“Say you were on a panel and the question came up. How would you explain it to Brie?”